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Design and Professional Liability

Dealing with Ambiguities in Design-Build Contracts

Michael Loulakis | January 15, 2005

Mike Loulakis discusses recent case law supporting the view that an owner retains liability to the design-builder when it provides faulty or ambiguous information to bidders.

Litigation Management

Court Reporting/Deposition Services: What You Should Know

Michael Boutot | January 1, 2005

In this quarter's Litigation Management column, Michael Boutot takes a look at the role of court reporters, their history, types, qualifications, functions, and cost factors.

Internal Controls

How To Cut Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Costs

Matthew Leitch | January 1, 2005

Matthew Leitch's goal with this article is to get your mind out of the SOx box and reveal some potentially high impact changes that may be applicable to your company.

Workplace Violence Prevention

Preventing Workplace Violence: Challenges and Dilemmas

James Madero | January 1, 2005

Terminated employees, furious clients, and violent spouses may pose serious threats to fellow employees, employers, and others. Dr. James Madero looks at the situations, solutions, and resolutions.

Captives

Using Captives and Risk Retention Groups Together

Michael R. Mead | January 1, 2005

By combining captives with risk retention groups, some have obtained admissibility without fronting, and gained the flexibility of a captive as a reinsurer. Michael Mead explains.

Continuous Performance Improvement

Tom Peters "Hates" Quality but "Loves" Its Principles and Practices

John Pryor | January 1, 2005

John Pryor comments on Tom Peters's book, Re-imagine—Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age , and contrasts his principals with those of Dr. W. Edwards Deming.

Wrap-Up Programs

Have You Thought about a Contractor Controlled Insurance Program?

Richard Resnick | January 1, 2005

Which is preferable, a contractor controlled insurance program or an owner controlled program? Richard Resnick provides some objective reasoning toward CCIPs.

Courts and Coverage

Is Seller's Failure to Disclose Known Defects to Buyers a Covered "Occurrence"?

Richard Valentino | January 1, 2005

Richard Valentino and Michael Resis examine cases illustrating the different approaches taken by courts on homeowners' coverage for claims arising from the sale of homes with latent defects.

Courts and Coverage

Bystander Claims—One Limit or Two?

Brent Cooper | January 1, 2005

Whether a separate "each-person" limit applies to a bystander claim depends on whether emotional injuries are considered to be "bodily injury." Brent Cooper and Dana Harbin explain.

Current Trends and Issues

Who Really Lives (or Doesn't) in Your Household?

Tim Ryles | January 1, 2005

Determining residency in a blended-family society is a moving target for insurers and insureds. Tim Ryles looks at the meaning of "resident" in homeowners policies and court interpretations.